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Ljungh, Esse W. - Interview

Item number (ISN):

447448

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1979-02-26

Item number (ISN):

447448

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

LJUNGH, Esse W.

Accession:

1979-0038

Media:

Sound

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1979-02-26

Production company:

Library and Archives Canada

Production credit:

interviewer, Josephine Langham

Description:

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Interview of Esse W. Ljungh, radio drama producer, by Josephine Langham of the Sound Archives Division of the Public Archives of Canada, about: his career in radio; the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; CBC Wednesday Night; "The Gallant Greenhorn"; the various programs on the CBC Wednesday Night series; Philip Grove; Len Peterson; Lister Sinclair; Joseph Schull; radio and radio adaptations; radio drama; actresses; actresses Ruth Springford and Francis Hyland; Ruth Springford's skill as an actress; radio drama actresses; actresses Jane Mallett and Beth Lockerbie; radio drama; Greek plays on radio; managing the Greek chorus; the use of teleprompters; radio techniques; the use of the microphone; perspective; experiments in production techniques; radio technicians; the technical skills of various technicians; television; the under-rehearsed element in television; Ljungh's directing techniques; emoting with the actors; marking scripts with musical notations; facial directions; timing directions; actors John Drainie and Douglas Rain; Ljungh's approach to directing actors; Ljungh's honorary membership in ACTRA; radio drama; a comparison of acting styles; his promotion of CBC radio; his cooperation with bookstores for publicity for a play; his promotion of Canadian authors and Canadian scripts; the tragic element in Canadian drama; Canadians not being able to do humour well; actor Tommy Tweed; Tweed's liking for historical spoofs; Tweed's admiration of Stephen Leacock; Canada; Canadian literature; reasons for the Canadian deficiency in humourous literature; the character of Tommy Tweed; Tweed's idiosyncracies; Alexander McKee; radio actors; the appeal of good looks; Ljungh's interest in realism; the staging of the set; more about John Drainie and Ruth Springford; actors Frank Peddie and Budd Knapp; more about Beth Lockerbie and Jane Mallett; the CBC; the CBC national script department; copyright; problems with copyright; administration and the CBC; budgets; program conferences; being a producer and administrator; his opinion about "flying a desk"; CBC producer John Reeves; the talent of John Reeves; his grasp of language; his interest in religion; television; the school for radio producers in the early days of television; the production of Hedda Gabler on television; criticism of Ljungh's interpretation; CBC producer Andrew Allan; Ljungh taking over from Allan; and Allan's later career. <2h>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Josephine Langham was an archivist with the Sound Division of the Public Archives of Canada (currently Library and Archives Canada).~2. Esse W. Ljungh, a former head of the CBC Radio drama department, died at age 87 on 9 February 1991.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

610054

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1979-0038/1
1979-0038/2

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

R/R

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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